I really enjoyed this.
The whole film takes place in the digital sphere...from facetime calls, to webcam chats, and even the metaverse.
With the plot revolving around the Vatican discovering how to resurrect people.
Not clone them...but actually resurrect them...with their memories of dying intact.
Hence, we find ourselves following things from the perspective of the father of the first resurrectee.
A young child that was killed in a car crash, with his father at the helm.
The father survives the ordeal, but his son does not.
Leading the boy's mother to cut him off from contact with his son, after the Vatican steps in to resurrect the boy.
An act which makes them both celebrities, of sorts.
The father, as a newly ordained Catholic priest, who is tasked with counseling new resurrectees- so as to help them readjust to life back on Earth.
And the son, as the face (and spokesperson) of this new class of resurrectees.
However...things start to take a dark turn, when one of his parishioners kills a number of his co-workers in a workplace massacre.
One act, among a trend, that has been turning "One Lifers" against the "R. P.s", as mob mentality starts to set in, in wake of the killings.
Thus, the whole thing ends up being a reflection of the philosophical debate surrounding the potential threats that advancements in the world of AI might bring about.
Spun in with speculation that those murdered by the RPs, will, themselves, be resurrected...only to act in the same manner.
Therefore creating a cascade effect, akin to a zombie apocalypse.
Which makes the film a sort of combination between Caviar and Infinity Pool (to compare it to other recent horror films, from this year).
Or, at least, a middle ground, between the two.
Which is actually pretty clever, if you think about it.
Because this film is, interestingly, oriented around a similar- yet, opposite- philosophical conundrum, compared to the one we find in Brandon Cronenberg's Infinity Pool.
In that, like in Cronenberg's film, death becomes meaningless.
Only, here, we are presented with a situation where, if the death of another no longer has philosophical meaning, what stops those who have lived through such an ordeal, from acting out in a depraved manner, to put others through the same experience they have gone through.
So as to offer them perspective, on what it's like to be a resurrectee.
Which has the same effect as not having to answer for the capital crimes you've committed, like we see in Infinity Pool...only, in the opposite way.
The two actually quite compliment each other...as they form a sort of unity of opposites.
While, the whole thing spirals into a bizarre conspiracy, like we see in Caviar.
Albeit, one much more coherent than we see in that film.
Despite the fact that they share stylistic similarities.
In the end, considering what it is- in regards to it's plot structure, and general construction- it's impressively engaging.
Simple, yet effective.
Which goes to show just what you can do with a little imagination, some decent writing, and solid performances from the cast.
I admit, I found this to be quite a fresh and entertaining story.
Even though it's structure is rather simplistic.
So give it a shot.
Because it's definitely worth a watch.
5.5 out of 10.
The whole film takes place in the digital sphere...from facetime calls, to webcam chats, and even the metaverse.
With the plot revolving around the Vatican discovering how to resurrect people.
Not clone them...but actually resurrect them...with their memories of dying intact.
Hence, we find ourselves following things from the perspective of the father of the first resurrectee.
A young child that was killed in a car crash, with his father at the helm.
The father survives the ordeal, but his son does not.
Leading the boy's mother to cut him off from contact with his son, after the Vatican steps in to resurrect the boy.
An act which makes them both celebrities, of sorts.
The father, as a newly ordained Catholic priest, who is tasked with counseling new resurrectees- so as to help them readjust to life back on Earth.
And the son, as the face (and spokesperson) of this new class of resurrectees.
However...things start to take a dark turn, when one of his parishioners kills a number of his co-workers in a workplace massacre.
One act, among a trend, that has been turning "One Lifers" against the "R. P.s", as mob mentality starts to set in, in wake of the killings.
Thus, the whole thing ends up being a reflection of the philosophical debate surrounding the potential threats that advancements in the world of AI might bring about.
Spun in with speculation that those murdered by the RPs, will, themselves, be resurrected...only to act in the same manner.
Therefore creating a cascade effect, akin to a zombie apocalypse.
Which makes the film a sort of combination between Caviar and Infinity Pool (to compare it to other recent horror films, from this year).
Or, at least, a middle ground, between the two.
Which is actually pretty clever, if you think about it.
Because this film is, interestingly, oriented around a similar- yet, opposite- philosophical conundrum, compared to the one we find in Brandon Cronenberg's Infinity Pool.
In that, like in Cronenberg's film, death becomes meaningless.
Only, here, we are presented with a situation where, if the death of another no longer has philosophical meaning, what stops those who have lived through such an ordeal, from acting out in a depraved manner, to put others through the same experience they have gone through.
So as to offer them perspective, on what it's like to be a resurrectee.
Which has the same effect as not having to answer for the capital crimes you've committed, like we see in Infinity Pool...only, in the opposite way.
The two actually quite compliment each other...as they form a sort of unity of opposites.
While, the whole thing spirals into a bizarre conspiracy, like we see in Caviar.
Albeit, one much more coherent than we see in that film.
Despite the fact that they share stylistic similarities.
In the end, considering what it is- in regards to it's plot structure, and general construction- it's impressively engaging.
Simple, yet effective.
Which goes to show just what you can do with a little imagination, some decent writing, and solid performances from the cast.
I admit, I found this to be quite a fresh and entertaining story.
Even though it's structure is rather simplistic.
So give it a shot.
Because it's definitely worth a watch.
5.5 out of 10.